How to remove hardtop?

[kezz]

Please could someone help?

I've recently bought a lovely 53plate 2.5i I'm over the moon with my new car BUT...

I asked if I could take the hardtop off to try out the motor in the softtop no-one at the garage knew how... so drove up the road where "someone could help me" but no-one there knew how either!

So I then drove to my local BMW dealer in Bath and no-one there knew how either...

Do I need a "special tool"? or is a 7mm Allen key okay for the job?

According to the BMW dealer they used to sell them but now they are discontinued!

I NEED to test the roof motor ASAP so that I can get it fixed at the garage's expense and not mine!

Any help will be very much appreciated.

(sorry if it's a really blond question but I didn't want to go poking around with no-idea at all in case I break something!)

 

[ranski]

where abouts are you?

 

[kezz]

Somerset/ Wiltshire boarder...

 

[ranski]

too far from me

read over this www.unofficialbmw.com/images/6183EN.pdf

 

[Leesfarm07]

Pm sent

 

[andysat]

Im surprised your local BMW dealer didnt have a clue! :roll:

 

[Leesfarm07]

too far from me

read over this http://www.unofficialbmw.com/images/6183EN.pdf

Sorry Rich, didn't see you'd left a link

 

[kezz]

too far from me

read over this http://www.unofficialbmw.com/images/6183EN.pdf

Thank you I'll have a look

 

[kezz]

Pm sent

Thanks for the PM hopefully I'll figure it out!

 

[kezz]

Im surprised your local BMW dealer didnt have a clue! :roll:

Think it was really a case of "I can;t be bothered" :roll:

 

[andysat]

Im surprised your local BMW dealer didnt have a clue! :roll:

Think it was really a case of "I can;t be bothered" :roll:

 

[McKoval]

I asked if I could take the hardtop off to try out the motor in the softtop no-one at the garage knew how... so drove up the road where "someone could help me" but no-one there knew how either!

So I then drove to my local BMW dealer in Bath and no-one there knew how either...

You are 100% sure, that you havent bought a COUPE, right?

TapaTalking

 

[ranski]

I asked if I could take the hardtop off to try out the motor in the softtop no-one at the garage knew how... so drove up the road where "someone could help me" but no-one there knew how either!

So I then drove to my local BMW dealer in Bath and no-one there knew how either...

You are 100% sure, that you havent bought a COUPE, right?

TapaTalking

<slaps forehead>

 

[kezz]

I asked if I could take the hardtop off to try out the motor in the softtop no-one at the garage knew how... so drove up the road where "someone could help me" but no-one there knew how either!

So I then drove to my local BMW dealer in Bath and no-one there knew how either...

You are 100% sure, that you havent bought a COUPE, right?

TapaTalking

Ah ha... That MUST be it... :?

 

[kezz]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/182555_10151320798667065_488677067_n.jpg

 

[Stuart Truman]

Very nice looking car